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'''Har Ik Zehr''', which means Every Single Poison in [[Urdu]], is a [[New York City]] based three piece [[Desi]]-[[American]] melodic rock band whose music is an eclectic mixture of sounds and styles ranging from the classical Pakistani music of [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Jeff Buckley]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Tool]], [[Opeth]], [[The Police]], [[Rush]], [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[U2]].

'''Har Ik Zehr''' was formed in early summer of 2004 by Pakistani born vocalist/guitarist Dar, guitarist Sharjeel Shaw, bassist Arvind Dilawar, and drummer Richard Orjuela in [[Astoria, New York]]. By the end of summer 2005, after recording three demo tracks and playing a few shows opening for Pakistani bands such as [[Junoon]] and [[Jal]], guitarist Shaw left for personal reasons, and bassist Dilawar relocated. Timothy Leung replaced Dilawar as bassist to complete the band’s present lineup.

Vocalist/guitarist Dar sings in both [[English]] and [[Urdu]]. He complements his melodic singing with an eclectic mix of atmospheric chords, percussive strumming, and [[blues]] infused Indo/Paki melodies. He is also working on incorporating the “[[Dhol]]” which is a traditional Pakistani drum, into their live shows. Richard Orjuela embellishes his energetic hard rock drumming with [[polyrhythmic]] [[Bhangra]]-esqe fills. Timothy Leung completes the band with his thunderous bass lines mixed with melodic soloing and chording on a 6 string bass.

'''Har Ik Zehr''' is currently rehearsing, writing, playing shows in [[New York City]] and [[Tri-state area]]. They have played successful shows at Crash Mansion, The [[Michael Schimmel]] Theater at [[Pace University]], Galapagos Art Space, and Arlene’s Grocery, [[CBGB]]’s Downstairs Lounge.

The band promotes peace, tolerance, cultural exchange and diversity, and contributes a portion of their proceeds from shows to charities that support education, medical research and health, and poverty.

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